My NEW Favourite GUITAR! Yamaha PACIFICA Standard Plus
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What's your favourite guitar? In this video we take a look at Yamaha’s new Pacifica Standard Plus. I own a lot of Pacifica’s, they were for many years my main guitars, I have pretty much every pickup combination, Strat style, P90’s, Humbuckers neck and bridge, Bridge only….all of the above and more!
We at Produce like a pro know well the quality and tone that comes from Yamahas guitars but a real question is can it METAL?
We are joined by Kristian Kohle of the Kohle Audio Kult to put this to the test along with my attempts at shredding and dive bombing to really put its Gotoh locking tuners and bridge to the test!
I may have to try the $499 Revstar after hearing you praise it. I always liked the way those looked.
It's awesome!@@DanielGlenTimms
Plays superbly!@@DanielGlenTimms
For that price sounds like a no brainer.@@Producelikeapro
@@DanielGlenTimmsThey made a new revstar too! stainless frets and all that!
I wish more people realised how great all Yamaha instruments are.
I've had my BB bass for the best part of 30 years, originally purchased as my backup bass, it soon became my number 1 bass.
It's such a versatile instrument, can handle any genre and hasn't missed a beat in all that time and I've toured with it used it on countless recordings and is still going strong. If I were ever to replace it I would just get the same again.
I've no doubt these pacificas are as versatile and durable as everything else they have made.
Yamaha has been killing it lately.
Not just lately
Very true! Huge fan of this guitar!
Very true!@@indegruv
They has been killing it for decades… NS 10s for example, Yamaha C7 grand piano, guitars, D5000, Spx, Dx 7… i can continue for a while.
Very well said!@@greganikin7003
As a drummer i can say YAMAHA drums are still some of the best on the market.
Never played one of their kits i didn't like, and the quality is top shelf.
Agreed Christopher, one of my best friends Patch, from the Sundays has used a Yamaha kit his whole career and it sounds amazing!
@ 14:09: What a nice giving-away story for Easter!
Yamaha fan here, too. BB1100 in the 80's and a Japan-made TRB 5 from the 90's. I bought the cheapest Pacifica 115XJ about 15 years ago and it's still my go-to instrument for writing and recording at home. Incredible value for dosh.
Thanks ever so much for the great comment!
i dont play guitar but just wanted to stop by and say how much i love this channel!
Thanks ever so much
You are the real deal, Warren, you are not "masquerading" as anything. Love your work. Now get back to cleaning some low end mud buildup 🙂👍🥰🤩
Haha many thanks! On it!
I just purchased a Pacifica 904. They are high quality undertated guitars.
Agreed! Thanks for sharing!
The coil tap feature sounds like a game-changer for tonal diversity. Yamaha's attention to detail never ceases to amaze me. 🔄👌
Agreed! Very versatile guitar!
And of course it does Metal too! Ha
The Pacifica rocks. Love mine. There is no reason to not have one but if you are the sort of person that need the classic on stage then at least consider that there is no such requirement for the studio. All the small (and medium and large) studios around the world should have a Pacifica in them if there isn't an S-Style in stock already (or in addition to).
Mentioning some parts of your past it would be so interesting to see a self-biography on just you Warren! ❤️
You’re very kind! Maybe one day!
Yamaha makes the world a better place.
Great gear, great people.
Marvellous!
Yamaha Pacifica 721 player here for 32 years .great guitar
How great that Rupert Neve pickups have found their way into Yamaha's guitars. Their stylized Revstar models are fabulous and a personal favorite Pacifica features a Duncan P90 neck and bridge humbucker. Not limited to producing simply good quality instruments, the era-defining tones of Yamaha's DX7, an FM synthesis keyboard which became ubiquitous throughout the '80s and '90s and is still used today.
Thanks ever so much for the great comment David!
Neve partnered with Steinberg (part of Yamaha group) on their audio interfaces years ago…And then Yamaha found out that Dennis (in the video) had been making guitar pickups in his spare time, forever!…And BAM, a new idea and partnership was born!…Amazing story.
Oh nice! I have an old style Yamaha Pacifica that I bought when I was a kid. Still have it, although I painted it the same colour as my car - Royal Blue [MG/Rover: 'JFM']. I love my Pacifica. Sounds amazing! Sounds even better in Royal Blue ha! Thanks for demoing the new one Warren. :)
Like how they've standardized the pickguard design over their whole line of guitars and basses.
Appreciate the move away from the Wilkinson trem and to the Gotoh.
Thanks for sharing!
I like both! The Wilkinson are what I was used and loved them and of course, agreed, the Gotoh is also marvellous!
Yamaha is the workhorse in the gear arena! Sleeper cell for quality etc! I play an early 90s TRB5 string bass and it is awesome! However never owned ad electric guitar but they are great too. Thanks Warren and crew!
Yes, love their Bases, I have three and acoustic guitars, I have four!
I have 2 wonderful Yamaha acoustic guitars and I will keep them for life. The FS5 and FG5. Made in Japan. Awesome stuff.
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing
A student of mine bought the cheap version ($220) as their first guitar. The neck looks similar to a Squier, but I love how it feels. None of the fret ends were sticking out, the action and setup was good overall, and having a humbucker is nice. I was impressed it's a really great guitar for the money.
Thanks for sharing! I really appreciate it
That mirrors exactly how I feel
Warren, I’m liking the new look of your videos. The lighting in particular looks great!
Thanks ever so much!
Yamaha always delivers and this one has particularly good strat sounds AND a great humbucker/ cool video!
Marvellous! Thanks ever so much for sharing!
You are on fire 🔥🔥 breathtaking guitar playing!
Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much!
I that the Pacifica with their standard 13.5 radius? I believe the other one has compound radius . outstanding playing and tones
I'm a bass player and I also play some guitar and I love Yamaha instruments. I tried a few quite different basses over the years but my good old Yamaha RBX 800A which I got early on remains my favourite that I just like to play the most. Around the same time I also got a Pacifica 621 which I also own to this day and I still think it plays and sounds just great. So yeah two thumbs up for Yamaha!
I have a heavily modded Pacifica 112J, and it's on par with any of my more expensive guitars. I love the look of the new Pacifica's. The pickguard design has grown on me.
Looks like the 112 model. Very nice for the price point. Try the 612 line at round $800. THAT is a stellar piece of gear which will give much more expensive guitars a run for their money.
Agreed! I have one of both of those! I'm kind of a fan of the pacifica! Haha
Really want this pro version
Marvellous!
Well, I have a really good Fender Strat but if I haven't I could consider this one as an alternative...
Congratulations!! I have a couple of great Strats too!
many great sounds available in a non/not so expensive package thanks for the heads up
even tho im not a picker myself 😄
You're not wrong! It's a great guitar and very versatile!
The first guitar I bought was a Yamaha Pacifica 112M, I still have it. In fact, I rerecorded the the guitar riff on that last track I did for FBF with it. For a sub-£200 guitar (in 1997) it's sure passed the test of time!
Thanks for sharing! Yes, Yamaha own their own factories, they don't farm it out to the same factory that everyone else uses! That to me is a huge difference and why I've always loved them!
Nice review. Love the Blues playing great job
912 with Floyd Rose is what I have since 93
Yamaha pac611vfm owner here…Seymour Duncan’s p-90 and humbucker/rosewood fretboard/locking grover tuners/graph tech nut/ Wilkinson trem…all for $699
Why can’t other guitar companies do what Yamaha is doing!?!
Nice ax. I've owned many Pacificas since the early 90s and other Yamahas. One thing I'd change is the bridge pup. It sounds very good, but for my taste it's too trebly and bright, so I'd through a Tone Zone or Air Zone in the bridge.
Love the cleans. Not sure it's a Hendrix machine but perfect for nu-soul, funk, fusion and progressive music. Nice demo!
Thanks Noah!
Love the Fender Strat! Also how are the results of the mix/remix contest in February coming along? Been very excited to hear the results!
We finally got through them! Now we just ahem to schedule all three of us filming the video to announce the winners!
I am kind of surprised to see Rubert Neve pickups in a Yamaha, well not because they are in a Yamaha but of the fact they are in a electric guitar. I know that Steinberg owned by Yamaha has thsi collaboration with Neve for their Audio interfaces, the UR-RT2 and UR-RT4 respectively, which have input transformers and they sound very nice, they add that something to the instrument or to the mix if you are able to record through the pre-amps. I put the finished mix on my phone and run it backwards through a D.I. and back into the UR-RT2 and enable the Rubert NEve transformers, this way the phone signal will be brought back to a level that is a bit lower than the in between mic and line level, so back to Mic level and get both the transformers (in stereo) from the passive D.I as well as the Neve transformers add that Mojo I am after. That little bit of weight we all looking for in analog. But I digress haha, I like the fact that Neve is broaden their horizon and offer people more than a name, which hopefully will be accepted. Sometimes that which is good is hard too beat, and many people will stick to what they know what sounds good.
As for the Rupert Neve pickup, the question is what do they offer that you can't get from well established brands like, fender, seymour duncan and EMI for instance if you are into active pickups...
Looking at the way Neve is capitalising on the blue and red saturation in their pre-amps, I feel like these pickups in the Yamaha, don't offer a great deal extra, you are basically buying copper and magnets right?! What if Neve could offer pickups that are able to switch between hot and crunchy???!!! (HEY!!! what an idea) Now you have elements that are wound in a way that they have a ground and two different lenghts of copper wire. It is beyond me why this has not been though of by their R&D team.....
Sorry for being this honest, I absolulty LOVE the fact that you Warren are so inspired to tell everyone about Guitars and Yamaha. For Yamaha was the brand I first used when I started playing bass,
and the day I started playing electric guitar again, Fender did it for me... Fender is solid, I could say alot about them as well, the only thing I think they are doing well is they Tribute guitars, I basically tried a handfull of the relic strats and then the Hitmaker which is Nile Rogers guitar and found out that that the Hitmaker is beyond quality compared to the money making concept that is relics these days....I really don't like them......
Still I think that Pacifica standard plus is looking GOOD, and the switch to put it in humbucker or single is priceless and a life saver for every guitarist, Any good strat sound best with a humbucker in the bridge mode, the neck should sound like Jimi Hendrix or Stevie ray Vaughan (my absolute favorite guitarist)
So be a good cowboy and play your fingers bare....... hahaha
Thanks for sharing! Yes, I'm a huge fan of Yamaha Guitars and Basses! The Rupert Neve connection is purely organic, if you read the blog and watch the video you'll see how it came about. They sound cool, they aren't changing the world they are just giving us an interesting new sound to play with! I liked how the guitar played and sounded! It was awesome!
Those guitars are great!!!
Yes, I do love the Pacificas! A LOT!
Yamaha guitars are very underrated
Yes, very well respected where I come from!
I LOVE my Yamaha Acoustics!@@Martin_Demsky
Ah yes, Yamaha. I'm a drummer. I bought a Stage Custom set in jazz sizes for practicing at home, it's like their second to least expensive series, and it's great! I found a used eight lug steel snare for 50€, it became my favorite snare.
I wanted a fretless bass, but couldn't find one inexpensive enough, so I bought the least expensive used bass I found online and pulled out the frets. It's a RBX174, the least expensive Yamaha bass there is - I think - it's lightweight, easy to play, and sounds great to my drummer ears 😊
But the question was favorite guitar. Me Harley Benton 335 style guitar. Harley Benton is pretty banging for the bucks nowadays.
You are a pacifica nerd 🤓! They are fantastic man
haha yes, I am! Guilty!
Yep! Pacificas are always a good choice.
Very well said!
Yamahaaaaaa yes. They should make a quality version of the Bocchi guitar. H/P90 yes please
Very interesting
Thanks for this review.
Glad it was helpful!
I own three Pacificas (311, 112 & 102S). I would put them up against any Fender.
Thanks for sharing!
I HONESTLY thought this was a sort of “Pre-game” April Fools TH-cam Gear vid when I saw the Rupert Neve Pickups. I guess it’s the real deal?!! I’m intrigued…
They aren’t claiming anything revolutionary. Just that one of the chief designers makes pickups, they lived them and decided to add them to the guitar!
They aren’t charging a premium for them, it’s not a marketing thing, it’s just cool that someone other than the usual suspects is making pickups
Great review. I have a BB1025x bass and a 211 Pacifica. I’m on the fence of buying a Pacifica 612. How does this one compare to a 612. Is the standard plus worth the extra few hundred from the 612?
I can honestly watch Warren play guitar all day
Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much!
Naah, I'll wait for the Warm Audio clones😅
(in all seriousness though, putting the Neve signature on a pickup IMO comes across as childish marketing, one does not simply put Neve's signature/logo on a product with zero Neve heritage and isn't manufactured or even sold by Rupert Neve Designs)
Read the blog to find out how this happened! producelikeapro.com/blog/yamaha-pacifica-standard-plus/
This is a confusing comment…Seymour Duncan pickups say Seymour Duncan on them. Why shouldn’t Neve pickups say Neve? They created them, shouldn’t the get to put their name on it??
now that you told everyone about this guitar it will cost 2 times as much. excellent playing BTW. didn't know you could play like that.
Aw shucks! You're very kind!
It's an amazing guitar!
Oh Gosh
The delay on the front/middle (position #4) is overwhelming
wow dude new Yamaha with Neve pickups
I went out and got a Squier 72 thinline tele on the basis of what you’d said about the Eastcoast version (just thought the Squier looked nicer overall) and I love it! I really want a Strat to make my collection complete but can’t afford one, perhaps this is the answer?! 😂
sounds so good! had no idea neve was doing pick ups nowwww! (too bad it has a fender type volume knob that gets in the way of my hand while playing. can't stand those knobs that are so close to the strings)
Well,, I have to say, it was a good video, This bloke turns up on my screen about 10 times a week, & He just gets the flick. This is the first vid I have seen of him and it was good
🔥
Thanks ever so much
Dude, Glen over at specter sound is going nuts showing us the science that "better" pickups don't do a f'n thing to the sound when it comes to the human ear. Can you please address this matter that's been flooding my feeds? thx
This are pick ups designed by Rupert Neve’s company, they aren’t claiming to be revolutionary, just a different manufacturer with their own approach! It’s just an interesting idea for a Pro Audio company to get involved.,
@@Producelikeapro Fair enough. I love all things Neve related.
Yes, I'm not much of a 'hype' guy! Just show the things that people are doing and let others make up their minds!@@thehollow4712 The guitar itself is SUPERB and I'm a big fan!
i love Yamaha guitars and basses
Marvellous! Thanks for sharing!
I might be wrong but from what I understand the Line6 Variax standard is a rebadged Yamaha Pacifica (unsurprisingly considering the fact Line6 is owned by Yamaha) with the proprietary Variax modeling system built in. Has anybody ever played it?
Wasn't a secret, yes, the Standard was a Yamaha designed guitar with the Variax system inside. There were of course the original Line 6 guitars, Jennifer Batten had on when I recorded her about 10 years ago.
YOU'RE A GREAT GTR PLAYER!!
Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much!
Warren what keyboard and desk is in the background.?
The desk is custom made!
Hendrix also played flying V bur wiuld destroy Strats
Yes, indeed
Warren, what is the model of your Yamaha Revstar that you really like (you said it's $499 at Sweetwater)? Thanks for your videos!
The Element is actually $549 list price. I just bought a black one from Sweetwater as a mod platform. It's just as good as anything else in my collection, even though it's one of the least expensive. I play it almost everyday for the excellent unplugged acoustics it has. Ergonomically, it's one of the best designed guitars ever.
Very well said Andrew!
Yes, as Andrew said it's the RSE20, which I got for $499, although now I see it's $549. Still a bargain!
@@Producelikeapro I used the word "list" for a reason. I actually ended up paying $496 for that guitar. I needed about $60 bucks worth of odds and ends parts for the build, so the total was over $610 initially. I new I could get one from Amazon in 2 days for $499 so I leveraged a deal for $549 total, including the extra parts. I did end up buying a pickup for the neck position, SD '59/Custom hybrid.
@@Producelikeapro Thanks for the replies, gentlemen! Sounds like a great guitar!
612 or save more money for this?
Save
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Marvellous!
To be honest i think Yamaha are such a safe bet to buy stuff from, they just don’t make crap, at any price point. Silly example, my sister in law didn’t get to the shops in time to give me my usual cinema vouchers she gets me for my birthday so just slipped me £40, which is totally unnecessary,but she’s very kind. I picked up a pair of Yamaha dynamic mics from the 80s for £40 on eBay, delivered and they are fantastic, built like tanks and sound great on toms or in front of a guitar cab. They just don’t make crap. But in fairness I do want to hear that guitar in the hands of a solidly mediocre guitarist, that’s the test!
I hadn't;t thought about buying '80s Yamaha Mics! That's a marvellous idea! What models?
@@Producelikeapro MZ106S in my case, but there are a range of MZ ones of different specs. I think mine are basically the SM58 equivalent, but now I look out for all of them. Very solid
Thanks for sharing!@@richardmcarthur40 that's very cool!
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Thanks ever so much!
There's no such thing as a bad Yamaha guitar
Very well said! I have many and love them all
Some reverb would have been nice
On the guitar sound?
Just slap a fancy name on a magnet with wire wrapped around it 👌
Haha thanks for the cynicism! Dennis Alichwer at Rupert Neve Designs had designed a transformer that Yamaha were intrigued by and they wanted to see how he developed it, so he took them to his home set up where he had created his own pickups, he sent them as a gift to the Yamaha Engineers. It was a perfectly natural thing, no guitar player is rushing to buy a guitar based on pickups with Rupert’s name on it! It isn’t a cynical marketing ploy, it’s something genuinely natural.
Don't forget to encase it in a cool oddly shaped trademarked enclosure and sue anybody who attempts to copy your magic fairydust formula, like Rickenbacker did. :v
Huh? I guess it’s equally silly to slap a fancy name on a piece of wood attached to another piece of wood and put strings on it?
Mass produced junk for the masses.
I read your great comments in the XTC video. This surprises me as Yamaha own their own factories and are not the mass produced instruments you see pushed on here as better alternatives to US guitars etc. these guitars are genuinely extremely well made guitars that many of us growing up in the UK found a god send be a use we could afford them and they sounded and played as well as the guitars twice the price!
@@Producelikeapro They are mass produced. They go out by the hundreds every single day. Better than fender mustangs, for sure, but still mass produced.
XTC do not get enough credit. Great band. And what the music "industry" did with XTC is scandalous. They should be ashamed of themselves. But the almighty dollar, pound, yen, comes first so they should have looked out for number one first before signing anyhing..
So what fancy, elite handmade non-mass produced guitar do you have?